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I'm hoping they have Low-Ki go over in the title match, and then they edit the taping footage to make his previous title win look like a defence. If they'd been smart, they would have done an Ultimate X at the taping - but y'know, TNA.

Is there another kind? They get like 1000 points for a straight girl, all in the game. It makes some sense, but I actually think it's BS and they'll build towards a Naomi title win.

I think Gold & Stardust got Speed Force's heel push, and probably rightly so. They're better on the backburner than replacing Rybaxel.

It's weird, but I still think that might be Swagger. They've done quite a good job of protecting him just enough, in a way that differentiates him from Mark Henry; Rusev does not like that ankle lock. It's a pretty guaranteed way to get anyone out of the pit of apathy though, so Orton would actually be a great choice - losing to the Punt would protect Rusev too.

Scott Hall was their backup guy, but it's pretty hard to call him a midcarder. The IC Title was a big deal back then, and the Tag Titles were the 2nd most important titles in WCW when The Outsiders held them. WCW offered him the Sting money for a reason.

Wrong thread - strange!

Editing seems to be a bit 'maybe it will work, maybe not'

I do recall him being called Nick Nemeth on TV too.

Ugh. The Distraction Finish. Ugh. Breeze vs Gabriel was okay (Breeze seems to be a tweener at this point), but otherwise pretty terrible episode this week.

Welcome back boys!

I think the comedy value of that would be amazing, but I also think you'd see more than a few botches.

To be fair, having Mark Henry feud with Sheamus as an insincere heel is better than Big Show pretending to be BFF with the guy who broke his leg three years ago. Milk and chocolate cookies?!

In their defence, I think they've handled Lashley pretty well. Bobby Roode is the ace, and Storm is emerging as the super-nemesis now. I think they've put themselves in a difficult situation for the reasons people are saying, but I do see somethinh of an attempt to mitigate that.

This is also quite good, the amusing Black Panther stuff in the video is also pretty funny - Louise was hot but had to go.

Pretty sure I linked that BABYMETAL tune some time ago. Anyway, this is probably the most overlooked pop classic of the last 20 years. I am amazed noone has recovered it (original version by Glenn Jones)

Given what they spent on O'Haire, most likely.

Yeah I said West Ham was a key test and Liverpool fucked it up bigstyle, I think teams are bringing it against us, and there are injuries - but shit is shit and losing 3-1 to West Ham sucks.

I'm not sure they'll do any title matches at BFG. Didn't Muta nix a Sanada X-Division defence when he lost the belt at a TV taping? Clearly the main-event is going to be Storm, Sanada, Manik and Abyss vs Muta and Friends. Will Team 3D even be there in person?

Ziggler push! Sheamus is their actual emergency main-event babyface though, along with Big Show as special attraction main-event babyface.

Sure, but he obviously charges more than Devon or Dreamer since they only had him do the last match of the tag series. They're clearly phasing him out, assuming there will actually be more tapings - which is looking sketchy at this point. As long as they have strong sales for the UK shows, I think we'll see them move heaven and earth to carry on at least until then.

The Austin Aries one does look a little ominous.

I believe Samoa Joe's contract runs out in December, I'm not saying it's related but I'm not sure they get to tape him in advance so they can show him after contract expiry. This is a sign they haven't agreed a renewal yet....and let's face it, if they cut Bully Ray, the chances of them renewing Joe are not that high. Judging from the burger on his Twitter I'm not sure he's going to NXT, but Bullet Club/ROH has to be a strong possibility.

I saw Hamrick do the bump in London with 80 people in the crowd - crazy guy! He got the referee to not count him out by saying "give me a minute, that was quite a bump!". Much lulz.

Sheamus did originally use the Irish Curse as his finish in WWECW. Nexus-redux or not, I think it would be great to see 5 NXT guys challenge 5 WWE guys at Survivor Series. I think the problem with a full on invasion is that it feels like Sami Zayn and others have unfinished business in NXT; I think he's going heel - I half expect him to have CJ Parker as his lackey by the end of the year. I think I like the idea of them coming in at Survivor Series for an one-shot, then featuring a few at the Rumble. On a side note, do you think WWE are beyond putting on a pre-Wrestlemania NXT Supercard - say on the Friday night? Could be interesting.

Needs more Bu Ku Dao.